It was warm inside of the Book and Bottle Shop Thursday evening, and not just because it was filled with people, but because they all came together to celebrate education, impact and the women of this community who have made it a better place.
The Hopkinsville-Christian County Human Rights Commission was host of the Women’s History Month Celebration, where each year, they get the difficult task of naming the recipient of the Fannie Bronson Postell Woman of the Year Award, along with the winners of the Women Educating Women Scholarships. Attendees got to hear from each of the three scholarship-hopefuls—Addison Gilkey, Kaylyn Lynch and Ajae Oatts.
Each young woman wrote an essay detailing a woman who has helped shape them and helped them ‘straighten their crowns’. Gilkey wrote about her grandmother, saying she taught her everything she needed to know about leadership and integrity, while leaving the world a better place than you found it…